Title |
Scaling up early infant diagnosis of HIV in Rwanda, 2008–2010
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Published in |
Journal of Public Health Policy, November 2012
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DOI | 10.1057/jphp.2012.62 |
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Authors |
Agnes Binagwaho, Placidie Mugwaneza, Ange Anitha Irakoze, Sabin Nsanzimana, Mawuena Agbonyitor, Cameron T Nutt, Claire M Wagner, Alphonse Rukundo, Anita Ahayo, Peter Drobac, Corine Karema, Ruton Hinda, Lucinda Leung, Sachini Bandara, Elena Chopyak, Mary C Smith Fawzi |
Abstract |
More than 390,000 children are newly infected with HIV each year, only 28 per cent of whom benefit from early infant diagnosis (EID). Rwanda's Ministry of Health identified several major challenges hindering EID scale-up in care of HIV-positive infants. It found poor counseling and follow-up by caregivers of HIV-exposed infants, lack of coordination with maternal and child health-care programs, and long delays between the collection of samples and return of results to the health facility and caregiver. By increasing geographic access, integrating EID with vaccination programs, and investing in a robust mobile phone reporting system, Rwanda increased population coverage of EID from approximately 28 to 72.4 per cent (and to 90.3 per cent within the prevention of mother to child transmission program) between 2008 and 2011. Turnaround time from sample collection to receipt of results at the originating health facility was reduced from 144 to 20 days. Rwanda rapidly scaled up and improved its EID program, but challenges persist for linking infected infants to care. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Rwanda | 6 | 43% |
United States | 5 | 36% |
Unknown | 3 | 21% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 11 | 79% |
Scientists | 2 | 14% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 7% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Rwanda | 1 | <1% |
Kenya | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 112 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Researcher | 26 | 23% |
Student > Master | 24 | 21% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 7% |
Lecturer | 7 | 6% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 5% |
Other | 18 | 16% |
Unknown | 25 | 22% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 38 | 33% |
Social Sciences | 16 | 14% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 11 | 10% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 4% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 4 | 4% |
Other | 13 | 11% |
Unknown | 28 | 25% |